CBS: Not Sinking!
Posted on 09/10/2004 9:08:58 PM PDT by ambrose
Authenticity of note to 'sugar coat' Bush record is further questioned
10:57 PM CDT on Friday, September 10, 2004
By PETE SLOVER / The Dallas Morning News
AUSTIN – The man named in a disputed memo as exerting pressure to "sugar coat" President Bush's military record left the Texas Air National Guard a year and a half before the memo was supposedly written, his own service record shows.
An order obtained by The Dallas Morning News shows that Col. Walter "Buck" Staudt was honorably discharged on March 1, 1972. CBS News reported this week that a memo in which Col. Staudt was described as interfering with officers' negative evaluations of Mr. Bush's service was dated Aug. 18, 1973.
That added to mounting questions about the authenticity of documents that seem to suggest Mr. Bush sought special favors and did not fulfill his service.
Col. Staudt, who lives in New Braunfels, did not return calls seeking comment. His discharge paper was among a packet of documents obtained by The News from official sources during 1999 research into Mr. Bush's Guard record.
A CBS staffer stood by the story, suggesting that Col. Staudt could have continued to exert influence over Guard officials. But a former high-ranking Guard official disputed that, saying retirement would have left Col. Staudt powerless over remaining officials.
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Get a blank screen with the links. Too bad. Sounds like a great story.
This pretty much nails the final nail into Rather's coffin.
The liberals lack of understanding about HOW the Guard, Reserves and the military, in general, works WILL bury them.
Ouch. This could be the death knell for Rather. If Staudt starts talking and says "Bush rules". Game over.
Working link:
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/washington/stories/091104dnpolguard.117c8.html
...and the hits just keep on coming....
This was exposed yesterday on FR and Foxnews mentioned today few times. I am glad that a national newspaper is picking up the story.
""A CBS staffer stood by the story, suggesting that Col. Staudt could have continued to exert influence over Guard officials. But a former high-ranking Guard official disputed that, saying retirement would have left Col. Staudt powerless over remaining officials."
But...but...but...It COULD be right...couldn't it?
Oh pleeze...these people will be producing the farm report in Kansas next week at this time...CBS will just mail them their clothes..
Thanks. Works!
If I was Rather, I'd simply retire. It'd be the way to salvage my honor, and an illustrious career. [Not that libs have any idea of the concept.]
This was the lead on ABC radio at midnight EST.
"This was the lead on ABC radio at midnight EST."
Go ABC!! Warning to CBS News: great white shark in the water smelling your blood.
All of the gaffs are intentional.
Is there a Hall of Fame (or Shame) for the crappiest forgeries ever attempted? This one held up for about three seconds...
We don't want them. They'll be telling us the wheat crop was destroyed because of Bush's policies
At some point it will probably be more productive to start listing what is true about the documents instead of what's false. It will be a much shorter list!
I am just flabbergasted that CBS will stand behind this garbage!
Bryan
PING!
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